Ice-tank.



W. GURL z E. WHEELOGK.

ICE TANK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1o, 1907.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ocaso, isos.

Application filed September 1Q, 1907. Serial No. 392,175.

.To all whomrit may concern:-

Be it known that We, WHITNEY ,CURL and E13-Winn WHEELOCK, citizens of the United States, residing at Hot Springs, in the county of Garland'and State of'Arkansas', have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in ice-Tanks, of which the following is a speciication.

Qur invention is an ice-tank, which may be used to great advantage in any'ice-box, refrigerator or chest, used for the purpose of storing, and keeping in goodeondition, erishable roducts such as fresh meats, sh, ve etab es, butter'and milketc.

he tank when used is filled with salt and ice.

drain-pipe With Aits outlets, which can .be opene or closedat different4 laeesalng its length, and thus lregulate tlie quantity of 'brine'to be accumulated and retained in the tank, as the operator may desire, andxso regu lating the temperature' of the air inthe icebox. Thus, by retaining a certain quantit of brine in the tank, all the cold is utilize thereby saving about one` third of the expense of ice over the ordinary Inode ofusing ice.

The topv of the tank being larger than the bottoni makes a Wedge-shaped interior, thus holding the ice in place up toward the top of the tank where it will naturally give the best service, and insure practically an even temperature throughout the box.

Experience teaches us that when ice is brokenV and mixed with salt, and placed in an ordinary square tank, Without the -drain- Iipe, it becomes an. additional expense instead of asaving of ice, for as the ice melts it settles toward the bottom of the tank, leaving' the atmosphere in the top of the box without the advantage of ice; therefore it gets warm, While our tank. holds the ice in place thus cooling the box more unlformly.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l, is a perspective view of our ice-tank. Fig. 2, is a vertical cross sectional View of our icetank. Fig. 3, is a vertical sectional view of the 'drain-pipe, showing the rod and cup attached thereto. V l

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several' views.

Our invention is described as follows:-

The numeral l, represents the receptacle of the tank, 2, the lid and 3the foot to hold y The principal advantage over ordinary ice-tanks now in use is in the matter of the .it in an u right position. It will be seen-that the tank islarger at the top than at the bot- :torn The bottoni 4, is some little distance above' the lower edges of the Walls 'of the genk, which Walls terminate in a depending ange.'

Situated 1n one corner, or against the walls of the tank,'is a drain-pipe6, providedwith inlet perforations 7, 8 and 9,' said drain-pipe passes some little distance through the. said bottom 4. 'A rod l0, passes down through said drairbpipe, from its top end to a little distance below` its lower end, and .to the lower end of said rod is ri 'diy secured a cup 1l, which surrounds the oWer end of said drainpipe 6, which cup is provided `with drainopenings 12, otherwise the upper end 01l the cup fits up against the bottom 4,-ol` the tank.

The upper end of said rod 10, turns at right angles to itself, forming a lever 13, by which it may be -turned and thereby turn the said cup'll.

The upper end of the drain-pipe, land the .inlet-openings may be closed by proper stoppers and opened at Will of the operator.

The purposeof the rod l0, and cup 11, is that the cup, when illedwith water, traps or closes, air-tight, any opening at the end of A the .drain-pipe, thus preventing any passage of air into the tank. x

lf, at anytime, .the rnotheryf substance, created. by the mixing osalt and ice, should accumulate. and elo the openings 12, a turn of the lever 13, Wi l'remove the clot, thus allowing the free passage 'of' the accumulated brine. In case that any foreign mattensuch as sawdust-,sand or 'splinters of wood, should accumulate to suchv extent as to fill the cup,

y the rod, by iirst bending said lever up, may-be passed entirely throughthe drain-pipe, thus removing the cup for the purpose of a thorou h`cleaning.

though We have specifically described -the combination,-onstruction and arrange-I nient of the several parts of our invention, We

. do not confine ourselves particularlyto suchspeciiic combination' construction and. arf4 rangement,V as We Claim the right to make such changes and modification 4therein as may clearly fall Within the. scope of our invention,

and Which may be resortedl to without de# parting from the spirit, or sacrificing any of our patentable rights therein.

Having described .our invention, what we claim as new and dsire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a receptacle l; aV

lid 2, fitting on top of said receptacle; a foot 3, extending from one of the walls of said receptacle; a drain-pipe 6, provided with inlet o enngs`7, 8 and 9, secured to thc inner face o one ofthe Walls of said rece tacle, its lower end extending a little below t e bottom 4, of said receptacle; 'a flange 5, extending downwardly from the bottom 4, of said receptacle;

a. rod 10, passing down through sai( pi we, and having its upper end turned at rig 1:-v

angles to its body,forniing a. lever 13, and a cup 11, provided with openin s 12, in `its upper edge, rigidly secured tot e lower end of said rod, substantially as shown sind de-4 scribed and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of a receptacle; a lid, fitting on the top of said receptacle; a. drainpipe, provided with inlet openings, secured to the inner face of theJ wallsof the said receptacle, its lower end passing throuvh the bot- 'torn of said receptacle; a depen( ing flange extending from the bottom ofsaid receptacle e rod, passing through said drain-pipe, and a cup provided with openings in its upper edge rigid 1 secured to the lower end of said rod, with means for holding said tank in an upright position, and for rotating said rod and cup, subsfttntially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WHITNEY CURL. t EDWARDv WHEELGCK.

Witnesses:

ALP'HoNzo CURL, HARRY J. SMITH. 

